71st BAFTA Awards Announced

The BAFTA awards have just been announced. While Guillermo del Toro continued his run of Best Director wins with the British Academy, it was Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri that came away with the most awards. This included Best Film, Best British Film, Original Screenplay, plus the familiar two acting wins of Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell.

The Shape of Water also took Production Design and Score – both likely to head the film’s way come Oscar night. Gary Oldman and Allison Janney also picked up their regular acting awards, with Daniel Kaluuya nabbing the EE Rising Star Award. James Ivory was also a very popular winner for his Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name.